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Ribeiro

Ribeiro is an appellation in Spain across 14 communes. Regional bedrock: acid plutonic rocks.

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Key facts

Type

DOP

Category

Sparkling Wine/Wine/Wine From Raisined Grapes

Protected since

1986-06-13

Area

56,332 ha registered outline

Extent N–S × E–W

36.82 × 37.52 km

Centre

42.3479° N, 8.0786° W

Grapes

Albariño, Albillo, Brancellao, Caiño Blanco, Caiño Bravo, Caiño Longo, Caíño Tinto, Ferrón, Godello, Lado, Loureira, Mencía, Palomino, Sousón, Tempranillo, Torrontés, Treixadura

Other grapes

Garnacha Tintorera

Max yield

140.6 hl/ha

Min planting density

3,000 vines/ha

Where it is

Nearest town

9.3 km south of O Carballiño

Nearest city

18 km west of Ourense 105,233 people

To the sea

45 km

Rivers nearby

Mio (2.7 km) · Minho (22 km)

Same latitude

Khvanchkara (Georgia), Xinjiang (Turpan, Manas, Yanqi) (China), Rogue Valley (United States), Lake Erie North Shore (Canada)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation

65–1,044 m

Mean elevation

347 m

Measured over the whole outline on 177,985 elevation cells of about 56 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Bedrock

• Acid plutonic rocks (granite)73%
• Mixed sedimentary rocks25%

Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.

Communes · 14

• Arnoia, A
• Beade
• Boborás
• Carballeda De Avia
• Carballiño, O
• Castrelo De Miño
• Cenlle
• Cortegada
• Leiro
• Ourense
• Punxín
• Ribadavia
• San Amaro
• Toén

Wineries · 3

• Adega Alecrín
• Adega Microparaxes
• Adega Viña Carpazal

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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